Figurative Language
"We watched until the boats became a row of tiny white gulls on the horizon” (Houston 5).
What is a metaphor?
My best friend TiTi
is crying hard,
snotting the hem
of her pink fluffy blouse.
Forlorn/depressing/upset
True or False
Is
"But he was running to the docks, like Paul Revere, bringing the new, and didn’t have time to explain"
an example of sensory or descriptive language?
False
What are the context clues for the word invariably in this quote?
"He remained invariably cheerful. His belief that everything happened for a reason and would come to good gave him a laughing, infectious joy even in hard times."
"everything" and "even in hard times"
First, Second, or Third Person perspective?
"In the morning, Mac couldn't sit up. Louie caught an albatross, wrenched its head off, and handed it to Phil..."
Third person
“The second hand dealers had been prowling around for week, like wolves, offering humiliating prices for goods and furniture…” (Houston 13).
What is a simile?
Get away, you dog! Away, you cur! You’re driving me beyond the bounds
of my maidenly patience. Have you killed him, then?
Frustration/Annoyance/Anger
True or false, is
"A gust of wind rushed through the orchard, bringing ice off the white slope, and more blossom scent. It hurt to inhale deeply" (Houston 177).
an example of sensory or descriptive language?
True
What context clues help define "conspired" in this quote?
"Insulting Hermia! You most ungrateful maiden! Have you conspired, have you plotted with these two to torture me with this disgusting scorn?" (Shakespeare 125).
"insulting" "plotted.. to torture me"
First, Second, or Third person perspective?
"Not that I care/ to understand/ what Pink Boy says,/but I have to/ if I'm to laugh back/ at him/ one day" (Lai 148).
First person
“It’s not like I follow him around./ Why were you whistling?” (Lai 152).
What is alliteration?
Louie was assessing the rafts when Mac suddenly began wailing, "We're going to die!"
Hopeless/Pessimistic/Upset
True or false,
"Mother says yellow papaya
tastes lovely
dipped in chili salt" (Lai 60)
is an example of sensory or descriptive language.
True
What can you infer "banh chung" is from this quote?
"But I heard/ on the playground/ this year's banh chung,/ eaten only during Tet,/ will be smeared in blood."
some kind of meat food
First, Second, or Third person?
"I was too young to witness any of it. Papa himself did not take part and he kept all of us with him in the barracks during the day and night it lasted" (Houston 67).
First
“The POWs saw fire dancing over the skyline” (Hillenbrand 198).
What is personification?
"The Zamperinis' house was pack with well-wishers and newsmen. Anthony drank toasts until four in the morning. Pete walked around to back slaps."
Elated/excited/euphoric
"What does this have to do with my Lysander? Where is he? Good Demetrius, won't you give him to me?" (Shakespeare 115) is an example of sensory or descriptive language.
False
What context clues can help define "consulted" in this quote?
"Our uncle even went south/ to talk with old neighbors,/to find Father's old friends.
He consulted,/ left word,/ waited/ until it became obvious/ he would know nothing more" (Lai 237).
"talk with old neighbors" "find Father's old friends" "know nothing more"
"I was the only one who approached him. I had not though of him much at all after he was taken away. He was simply gone" (Houston 41).
This quote is from_______ perspective.
(A) Papa (B) Mama (C) Jeanne (D) Kiyo
(C) Jeanne
“‘They’re trying to stuff the ballot box,’ he whispered loudly” (Houston 156).
What is an oxymoron?
"That night Papa burned the flag he had brought with him form Hiroshima thirty-five years earlier.It was such a beautiful piece of material, I couldn't believe he was doing that" (Houston 6).
foreboding/depressing/sorrowful
True or False
"At each village, the train squealed to a stop and the men piled off, then piled back on, laden with wine" (Hillenbrand 232) is an example of sensory or descriptive language.
True if you can explain what senses the quote includes.
What can you infer the word "swelled" means in this context?
"It swelled during the opening bars to cover all other sounds in the gym."
Got louder
First, Second, or Third Person Perspective
"During family dinners, Pete and his father made plans to hunt for Louie. When the war was over, they'd rent a boat and sail from island to island until they found him" (Hillenbrand 164).
Third Person